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CTET Syllabus 2026 for Paper I: Primary Stage: For Class I - V

Sections

Sub-sections

Important Topics

Child Development and Pedagogy

(No. of Questions: 30)

Child Development: Primary School Child (15 Questions)

• Concept of development and its relationship with learning

• Piaget, Kohlberg and Vygotsky: constructs and critical perspectives

• Multi-Dimensional Intelligence

• Individual differences among learners, understanding differences based on diversity of language, caste, gender, community, religion etc.

• Language & Thought

• Principles of the development of children

• Distinction between Assessment for learning and assessment of learning; School-Based Assessment, Continuous & Comprehensive Evaluation: perspective and practice

• Concepts of child-centered and progressive education

• Critical Perspective of the Construct of Intelligence

• Formulating appropriate questions for assessing readiness levels of learners; for enhancing learning and critical thinking in the classroom and for assessing learner achievement

• Influence of Heredity & Environment

• Socialization processes: Social world & children (Teacher, Parents, Peers)

• Gender as a social construct; gender roles, gender-bias and educational practice

Concept of Inclusive Education and understanding children with special needs

(5 Questions)

• Addressing learners from diverse backgrounds including disadvantaged and deprived

• Addressing the needs of children with learning difficulties, ‘impairment etc.

• Addressing the Talented, Creative, Specially abled Learners

Learning and Pedagogy

(10 Questions)

• Cognition & Emotions

• Alternative conceptions of learning in children, understanding children’s ‘errors’ as significant steps in the learning process

• How children think and learn; how and why children ‘fail’ to achieve success in school performance

• Factors contributing to learning - personal & environmental

• Motivation and learning

• Basic processes of teaching and learning; children’s strategies of learning; learning as a social activity; social context of learning child as a problem solver and a ‘scientific investigator’

Language I

No. of Questions: 30

Language Comprehension

(15 Questions)

• Reading unseen passages - two passages one prose or drama and one poem with questions on comprehension, inference, grammar and verbal ability (Prose passage may be literary, scientific, narrative or discursive)

Pedagogy of Language Development

(15 Questions)

• Learning and acquisition

• Evaluating language comprehension and proficiency: speaking, listening, reading and writing

• Principles of language Teaching

• Critical perspective on the role of grammar in learning a language for communicating ideas verbally and in written form

• Challenges of teaching language in a diverse classroom; language difficulties, errors and disorders

• Language Skills

• Role of listening and speaking; function of language and how children use it as a tool

• Teaching- learning materials: Textbook, multimedia materials, multilingual resource of the classroom

• Remedial Teaching

Language II

(No. of Questions: 30)

Comprehension

(15 Questions)

• Two unseen prose passages (discursive or literary or narrative or scientific) with question on comprehension, grammar and verbal ability

Pedagogy of Language Development

(15 Questions)

• Learning and acquisition

• Critical perspective on the role of grammar in learning a language for communicating ideas verbally and in written form

• Language Skills

• Principles of language Teaching

• Evaluating language comprehension and proficiency: speaking, listening, reading and writing

• Challenges of teaching language in a diverse classroom; language difficulties, errors and disorders

• Teaching-learning materials: Textbook, multimedia materials, multilingual resource of the classroom

• Remedial Teaching

• Role of listening and speaking; function of language and how children use it as a tool

Mathematics

No. of Question: 30

Content

(15 Questions)

• Geometry

• Solids around Us

• Volume

• Data Handling

• Weight

• Multiplication

• Shapes & Spatial Understanding

• Division

• Time

• Patterns

• Money

• Numbers

• Addition and Subtraction

• Measurement

Pedagogical issues (15 Questions)

• Nature of Maths/Logical thinking; understanding children’s thinking and reasoning patterns and strategies of making meaning and learning

• Place of Maths in Curriculum

• Problems of Teaching

• Evaluation through formal and informal methods

• Error analysis and related aspects of learning and teaching

• Diagnostic and Remedial Teaching

• Language of Mathematics

• Community Maths

Environmental Studies

No. of Questions: 30

Content

(15 Questions)

• Family and Friends: Relationships, Work and Play, Animals, Plants

• Food

• Shelter

• Water

• Travel

• Things We Make and Do

Pedagogical Issues (15 Questions)

• Concept and scope of EVS

• Significance of EVS, integrated EVS

• Learning Principles

• CCE

• Activities

• Experimentation/Practical Work

• Approaches of presenting concepts

• Discussion

• Teaching material/Aids

• Problems

• Scope & relation to Science & Social Science

• Environmental Studies & Environmental Education

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CTET Syllabus 2026 for Paper II: Elementary Stage: For Class VI-VIII

Sections

Sub-sections

Topics

Child Development & Pedagogy

(No. of Questions: 30)

Child Development:Elementary School Child

(15 Questions)

• Concept of development and its relationship with learning

• Concepts of child-centered and progressive education

• Critical perspective of the construct of Intelligence

• Distinction between Assessment for learning and assessment of learning; School-Based Assessment, Continuous & Comprehensive Evaluation: perspective and practice

• Formulating appropriate questions for assessing readiness levels of learners; for enhancing learning and critical thinking in the classroom and for assessing learner achievement

• Multi-Dimensional Intelligence

• Individual differences among learners, understanding differences based on diversity of language, caste, gender, community, religion etc.

• Child as a problem solver and a ‘scientific investigator’

• Language & Thought

• Cognition & Emotions

• Motivation and learning

• Factors contributing to learning - personal & environmental

• Gender as a social construct; gender roles, gender-bias and educational practice

• Principles of the development of children

• Influence of Heredity & Environment

• Socialization processes: Social world & children (Teacher, Parents, Peers)

• Piaget, Kohlberg and Vygotsky: constructs and critical perspectives

• Alternative conceptions of learning in children, understanding children’s ‘errors’ as significant steps in the learning process.

Concept of Inclusive education and understanding children with special needs

(5 Questions)

• Addressing learners from diverse backgrounds including disadvantaged and deprived

• Addressing the Talented, Creative, Specially abled Learners

• Addressing the needs of children with learning difficulties, impairment etc.

Learning and Pedagogy

(10 Questions)

• How children think and learn; how and why children ‘fail’ to achieve success in school performance

• Basic processes of teaching and learning; children’s strategies of learning; learning as a social activity; social context of learning

Language I

No. of Questions: 30

Language Comprehension

(15 Questions)

• Reading unseen passages - two passages one prose or drama and one poem with questions on comprehension, inference, grammar and verbal ability (Prose passage may be literary, scientific, narrative or discursive)

Pedagogy of Language Development

(15 Questions)

• Principles of language Teaching • Role of listening and speaking; function of language and how children use it as a tool.

• Evaluating language comprehension and proficiency: speaking, listening, reading and writing

• Challenges of teaching language in a diverse classroom; language difficulties, errors and disorders

• Learning and acquisition

• Language Skills

• Teaching- learning materials: Textbook, multimedia materials, multilingual resource of the classroom

• Remedial Teaching

• Critical perspective on the role of grammar in learning a language for communicating ideas verbally and in written form

Language II

No. of Questions: 30

Language Comprehension

(15 Questions)

• Reading unseen passages - two passages one prose or drama and one poem with questions on comprehension, inference, grammar and verbal ability (Prose passage may be literary, scientific, narrative or discursive)

Pedagogy of Language Development

(15 Questions)

• Learning and acquisition

• Principles of language Teaching • Role of listening and speaking; function of language and how children use it as a tool

• Evaluating language comprehension and proficiency: speaking, listening, reading and writing

• Challenges of teaching language in a diverse classroom; language difficulties, errors and disorders

• Language Skills

• Teaching- learning materials: Textbook, multimedia materials, multilingual resource of the classroom

• Remedial Teaching

• Critical perspective on the role of grammar in learning a language for communicating ideas verbally and in written form

Maths and Science(for Mathematics and Science teachers)

No. of Questions: 60

Mathematics

(30 Questions)

Content (20 Questions)

Number System

• Knowing our Numbers

• Negative Numbers and Integers

• Fractions

• Playing with Numbers

• Whole Numbers

Algebra

• Introduction to Algebra

• Ratio and Proportion

Geometry

• Basic geometrical ideas (2-D)

• Understanding Elementary Shapes (2-D and 3-D)

• Mensuration

• Construction (using Straight edge Scale, protractor, compasses)

• Data handling

• Symmetry: (reflection)

Pedagogical issues (10 Questions)

• Nature of Mathematics/Logical thinking

• Community Mathematics

• Evaluation

• Remedial Teaching

• Place of Mathematics in Curriculum

• Language of Mathematics

• Problem of Teaching

Science

(30 Questions)

Content (20 Questions)

• Food- Sources of food, Components of food, Cleaning food

• How things work- Electric current and circuits, Magnets

• Natural Phenomena

• The World of the Living

• Moving Things: People and Ideas

• Natural Resources

• Materials- Materials of daily use

Pedagogical issues (10 Questions)

• Nature & Structure of Sciences

• Natural Science/Aims & objectives

• Text Material/Aids

• Evaluation - cognitive/psychomotor/affective

• Problems

• Remedial Teaching

• Understanding & Appreciating Science

• Approaches/Integrated Approach

• Observation/Experiment/Discovery (Method of Science)

• Innovation

Social Studies/Social Science (for Social Studies/Social Science teacher)

No. of Questions: 60

Content (40 Questions)

History

• When, Where and How

• The Earliest Societies

• The First Farmers and Herders

• The First Cities

• Early States

• New Ideas

• The First Empire

• Contacts with Distant lands

• Political Developments

• Culture and Science

• New Kings and Kingdoms

• Sultans of Delhi

• Architecture

• Creation of an Empire

• Social Change

• Regional Cultures

• The Establishment of Company Power

• Rural Life and Society

• Colonialism and Tribal Societies

• The Revolt of 1857-58

• Women and reform

• Challenging the Caste System

• The Nationalist Movement

• India After Independence

• Geography

• Geography as a social study and as a science

• Planet: Earth in the solar system

• Globe

• Environment in its totality: natural and human environment

• Air

• Water

• Human Environment: settlement, transport and communication

• Resources: Types-Natural and Human

• Agriculture

• Social and Political Life

• Diversity

• Government

• Local Government

• Making a Living

• Democracy

• State Government Geography

• Understanding Media

• Unpacking Gender

• The Constitution

• Parliamentary Government

• The Judiciary

• Social Justice and the Marginalised

Pedagogical issues (20 Questions)

• Concept & Nature of Social Science/Social Studies

• Classroom Processes, activities and discourse

• Developing Critical thinking

• Enquiry/Empirical Evidence

• Problems of teaching Social Science/Social Studies

• Sources - Primary & Secondary

• Projects Work

• Evaluation

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English

Hindi

Assamese

Bengali

Garo

Gujarati

Kannada

Khasi

Malayalam

Manipuri

Marathi

Mizo

Nepali

Oriya

Punjabi

Sanskrit

Tamil

Telugu

Tibetan

Urdu

Paper I: Primary Stage: For Class I - V

Sections

No. of Questions

Max. Marks

Duration of Exam

Child Development & Pedagogy

30

30

Consolidated time of 2 hours 30 minutes

Language I

30

30

Language II

30

30

Mathematics

30

30

Environmental Studies

30

30

Paper II: Elementary Stage: For Class V - VIII

Sections

No. of Questions

Max. Marks

Duration of Exam

Child Development & Pedagogy

30

30

Consolidated time of 2 hours 30 minutes

Language I

30

30

Language II

30

30

Mathematics and Science

(for Mathematics and Science teacher) or Social Studies/Social Science (for Social Studies/Social Science teacher)

60

60

All sections are compulsory for both papers

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